title: A simple model for the immune network.
abstract: In this note I present a simple model for the idiotypic network among antibodies and study its relevance for the maintenance of immunological memory; in particular, the memory capacity of such a model is studied. Some of the similarities with the spin glass model and with neural networks are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Roma II, Tor Vergata, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parisi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007107:Immune System / Q000276:immunology*; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / Q000276:immunology; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes